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Land At Morton Park A66 Morton Park Way Darlington DL1 4PH

26/00232/LULawful Use CertificateApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 23 March 2026

Council decision: GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for existing development - implementation of Condition 1 (commence development not later than 3 years from date of decision) attached to planning permission 22/00874/FUL dated 14 Mar 23 - laying and pegging out of the site access off Morton Park Way into the site

Received
4 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sadberge And Middleton St George
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Apr
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 19 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At Morton Park A66 Morton Park Way Darlington DL1 4PH. Darlington has handled 73 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 3 weeks quicker than Darlington's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Sadberge And Middleton St George. We hold 333 applications in total for the DL1 postcode area.

94% of outline applications at Darlington Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DL1 4PH
Application type
Lawful Use Certificate
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Morton Palms Parish Meeting

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2026
Target decision date
25 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Quod
Agent address
Quod 21 Soho Square London W1D 3QP

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14742209
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
93

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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